World
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Can We Resist the Age of the Algorithm?
I have few stronger opinions about movie characters than my view that Miranda Priestly, the demanding fashion-magazine boss in “The Devil Wears ...
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I Would Have Liked Childhood More Without the Pressure to Grow Up
If you asked me what I wanted to be when I was a kid, I probably would have told you an archaeologist, or a ballerina, or ideally both ...
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Language Evolves Right Before Our Ears. It’s Very ‘Satisfying.’
Recently, my daughters and I were walking by some people playing pickleball. If you’re not familiar, the game involves a plastic ball being ...
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A European official denounces ‘inhumane, barbaric acts’ as dozens of prisoners of war are killed.
As international outrage swelled, Ukraine on Saturday called on global organizations including the United Nations and the International Committee ...
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As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Short Honeymoon
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Chile, a tattooed former student activist won the presidency with a pledge to oversee the most profound transformation of ...
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‘We Keep Getting Hit’: Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster
HAZARD, Ky. — Firefighters and National Guard crews have swarmed into Eastern Kentucky after days of deadly flooding, rescuing by the hundreds ...
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Prince Charles’s Charity Accepted Millions From Family of Osama bin Laden
LONDON — Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, faced new scrutiny over the financing of his charities on Saturday after a report found that ...
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An Uncontrolled Chinese Rocket Body Is Returning From Space. Where Will It Land?
Construction of China’s Tiangong space station continued smoothly this week with the launch and docking of Wentian, a laboratory module. The ...
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Vessels await word that they can carry the first grain shipments out of Ukraine.
ODESA, Ukraine — The first shipments of grain since the beginning of the war in Ukraine have been loaded onto freighters at Ukrainian ports on ...
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A Polish Priest’s War Against Abortion Focuses on Helping Single Mothers
SZCZECIN, Poland — The Polish state has banned abortion for 29 years, but that has done little to prevent women from finding access to the ...